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The Lords of Andúnië — named for their ancentral home of Andúnië — were descended from Silmariën, daughter and oldest child of Tar-Elendil the fourth King of Númenor. The laws of Númenor at that time would not allow her to rule as queen, so she wedded Elatan of Andúnië and took up residence there. Their son Valandil would be named the first Lord of Andúnië.
Throughout the Second Age, the Lords of Andúnië became leaders of the Elendili, or Elf-friends, for remaining friends with the Elf and faithful to the Valar. This was despite opposition and eventually persecution from the King's Men.
At the end of the Second Age, Númenor's estrangement from the Elves and the Valar under the evil guidance of Sauron corrupted Númenorean society. Seeking pardon of the Valar for the wickedness of the Númenóreans, Amandil the Faithful, Lord of Andúnië, sailed into the west but was never heard of again.
His son Elendil, the last Lord of Andúnië, did not join Ar-Pharazôn's grand armada to attack ValinorAman and Valinor A fictional location from J. Tolkien's legendarium, Valinor (meaning Land of the Valar is the realm of the Valar in Aman, the place to which they moved after being driven from Almaren by Melkor. Its major city was Valimar. After the destr, and instead fled with his sons IsildurTolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth, Isildur was a Dunadan of Numenor, elder son of Elendil. Isildur was born in the year 3220 of the Second Age in Numenor as first son of Elendil, son of Amandil the last Lord of Andunie. He had a younger brother A and AnárionAnarion is a fictional character in J. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He was the second son of Elendil and the brother of Isildur. While Elendil landed in the north near the Elven realm of Lindon, and there established the realm of Arnor, the two bro and many of the Faithful to Middle-earthMiddle-earth is the name for the lands on J. Tolkien's fictional ancient Earth where most of the tales of his legendarium take place. Middle-earth is a literal translation of the Old Norse mythological term Midgard, referring to this world, the realm of h, where they founded the lines of the Kings of GondorThis is a list of kings of Gondor from the fictional universe of Middle-earth by J. The Kings of Gondor through Amandil claimed descent from the Lords of Andunie, and from there to Silmarien and the Kings of Numenor. Elendil, son of Amandil. He reigned ti and ArnorThis is a list of kings of Arnor from the fictional universe of Middle-earth novels by J. The Kings of Arnor through Amandil claimed descent from the Lords of Andunie, and from there to Silmarien and the Kings of Numenor. Elendil, son of Amandil. He reign.
Elendil brought with him the Sceptre of Andúnië, the instrument of his lordship, which became a hereditary emblem of royal authority in ArnorIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Arnor or the Northern Kingdom was a kingdom of the Dunedain in the land of Eriador in Middle-earth. The name probably means "Land of the King", from Sindarin Ara (high, kingly) + n)dor (land). It was founded at the end of the, along with the Ring of BarahirRing of Barahir is a fictional ring from J. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. The ring was given to Barahir by the Elven Lord Finrod Felagund, in reward for saving his life in Dagor Bragollach. It was a sign of eternal friendship between Finrod and the. It later became known as the Sceptre of Annúminas and by the Third Age thought to be the oldest artifact made by Men in Middle-earth.